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WHENMYDREAMS 
COME TRUE 

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 






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WHEN MY DREAMS COME TRUE 




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The BobbS' Merrill Company 
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Copyright, 1883, 1887, 1888, 1890. 1891, 1892, 1894, 
1897, 1898, 1901, 1905, 1913 

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WHEN MY DREAMS 
COME TRUE 





HEN my dreams 
come true — when 
my dreams come 
true- 



Shall I lean from out my case- 
ment, in the starlight 

and the dew. 

To listen — smile and listen to 

the tinkle of the strings 




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Of the sweet guitar my lover's 
fingers fondle, as he sings ? 

And as the nude moon slowly, 
slowly shoulders into view. 

Shall 1 vanish from his vision — 
when my dreams come true? 

When my dreams come true — 
shall the simple gown 1 wear 

Be changed to softest satin, 

and my maiden-braided hair 



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Be raveled into flossy mists 

of rarest, fairest gold, 

k: To be minted into kisses, more 
than any heart can hold ? — 



Or ''the summer of my 

tresses" shall my lover liken to 

" The fervor of his passion' — 
when my dreams come true ? 




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Of happy harvest meadows ; 
and the grasses and the leaves 

Shall lift and lean between 

me and splendor of the sun. 




Till the noon swoons into 
twilight, and the gleaners' 

work is done — 

Save that yet an arm shall bind 
me, even as the reapers do 

The meanest sheaf of harvest — 
when my dreams come true. 



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When my dreams come true 
when my dreams come true i 

True love in all simplicity is 

fresh and pure as dew; — 

The blossom in the blackest 

mold is kindlier to the eye 

Than any lily born of pride 

that looms against the sky : 

And so it is I know my heart 

will gladly welcome you. 

My lowliest of lovers, 

v^hen my dreams come true. 







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